Slovenia wins Eurovision Choir of the Year!

As you’ve probably heard, if you’ve been following our features over the last few weeks, the Eurovision Family of Events expanded to include the Eurovision Choir of the Year. This event took place on the 22nd of July in the capital of Latvia, Riga, where nine choirs took to the stage all hoping to win the first Choir of the Year trophy!

The participants were:

Hardchor Linz (Austria)

Les Pastoreaux (Belgium)

Academic Choir of Aarhus (Denmark)

Estonian TV Girls’ Choir (Estonia)

Jazzchor Freiburg (Germany)

Spīgo (Latvia)

Carmen Manet (Slovenia)

Bela Bartok Male Choir (Hungary)

Côr Merched Sir Gâr (Wales)

Each choir performed a six minute set, which could include one or more pieces that reflected their national or regional character in some way. The choirs were judged by a high profile jury, including British composer John Rutter and Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča.

Now, getting to the part you want to know about! The winner of the show was…. Slovenia! Their choir was called Carmen Manet, and if you want to know more about the choir and how it was founded, you can read more about them in our feature here!

The top 3 were:

Slovenia

Wales

Latvia

Watch their full performance here, and if you want to watch all the performances, or the full show on the Eurovision Choir of the Year YouTube channel!